Student Speaker Accuses Israel of 'Genocide' at MIT Graduation
Megha Vemuri, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's class of 2025, addressed graduates at the school's commencement on Thursday.
Clad in a red keffiyeh, Megha Vemuri, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's class of 2025, addressed graduates at the school's commencement on Thursday.
"You showed the world that MIT wants a free Palestine," she said.
"It is no secret that at this time, academic institutions across the country are shrouded in a dark cloud of uncertainty," she said. "The question of what will happen next echoes in our minds, and there is a lot of fear in many of our hearts."
Vemuri told graduates, to some applause, that "last spring, MIT's undergraduate body and graduate student union voted overwhelmingly to cut ties with the genocidal Israeli military."